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Powerful Practice:

A model for authentic occupational therapy

  • Harness the power of occupation

    with a powerful reasoning model and a clear process for planning and implementing authentic occupational therapy

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  • Harness the power of occupation

    and experience ownership and pride in a professional identity as an occupational therapist

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  • Harness the power of occupation

    to link theory with practice and account for the situational context that influences and is influenced by occupation

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  • Harness the power of occupation

    through performance analyses that empower occupational therapists to actually observe, and the words to document, occupation

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Essential OT Resources & Tools

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Powerful Practice Resources

The Occupational Therapy Intervention Process Model (OTIPM) is an integrated model that includes (a) a process model, (b) intervention models, and (c) a conceptual model — the Transaction Model of Occupation. Together, these models promote step-by-step occupation-centered reasoning that empowers occupational therapists to focus on and use occupation throughout all phases of the therapeutic process.

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QOP Evaluation Tools

Discover the suite of three Quality of Occupational Performance (QOP) evaluation tools designed for implementing standardized performance analyses. The QOP evaluation tools are occupation-based and occupation focused. The QOP Scoring Programs enable occupational therapists to generate standardized, norm-referenced scaled scores.

Upcoming Courses

Powerful Practice: Planning and implementing authentic occupational therapy services
Copenhagen, Denmark
May 11-13, 2026
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Powerful Practice: Planning and implementing authentic occupational therapy services

Lund, Sweden
May 19-21, 2026
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Video Cases

QOP: ADL

Observe Ken during his ADL task performance. Use the Quality of Occupational Performance (QOP) Administration Manual and the QOP: ADL Rating Form to evaluate his motor and process skills. Check your scores and reasons for your scores with our scores and reasoning by downloading Ken's QOP: ADL — Rating Form and QOP: ADL — Results Report.

QOP: Social Interaction

Observe Ken during a social interaction where he receives information about how to use his mobile phone. Use the Quality of Occupational Performance (QOP) Administration Manual and the QOP: Social Interaction Rating Form to evaluate his social interaction skills. Check your scores and reasons for your scores with our scores and reasoning by downloading Ken's QOP: Social Interaction — Rating Form and QOP: Social Interaction — Results Report.

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